CVE-2017-7978

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Samsung Android devices with L(5.0/5.1), M(6.0), and N(7.x) software allow attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a world-readable log file after an unexpected reboot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8290.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-APR-2017Vendor Advisory
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-APR-2017Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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